National Republican., 1887-04-08

and warm springs valley TO Covingt0n,
Va, with q branch road Of about eight
miles to Clifton Forge; then through over
100 miles Of the finest iron and coal fields
TO Knoxville, Tenn, with branch from
near the Tennessee and Virginia line to
Nashville, and finally on to Austin and
Waco, Tex; also a branch road from Hot
and Warm Springs Valley through the
great iron, timber, and coal fields, to
Charleston, w. Va, and Cincinnati Is
now being considered, and we call special
attention to this important enterprise and
TO the stupendous improvements to result
from its development. This contemplated
railroad route from Washington city to
Covington is about 1S6 miles, and TO Knox
VILE. Tenn, 415 miles, and the Charleston,
w. Va, branch is about 105 miles. 1t is on
direct lines between important terminal
points, and the entire route is on easy
grades, through thickly settled and flour
iehipg agricultural and mineral sections OF
our country, having hundreds Of cities and
thriving villages and important manufac-
turing towns, and mills, factories, and far
naces along the whole route. 1t is an inde-
pendent central line and can have no rival
or competitor.
a careful personal inspection of this route
has been made, and we have detailed state
ments Of county surveyors, engineers and
intelligent persons living along the contem-
plated line; and the opinion Is universal
that railway can be cheaply and rapidly
constructed over the route indicated.
Near Sudly White Sulphur Springs, about
80 miles from Washington, on and near the
route, there are deposits Of granite, marble,
iron, and copper; portion OF Hot and
Warm Springs mountain is vast deposit,
and thought to be q "mountain OF solid
iron," equal in extent and quality to the
celebrated Iron mountain Of Missouri, en-
titliDg 1t to be called, "The Hot and Warm
Springs Iron Mountain Of Virginia." From
Luray Caves across via Harirsonburg to
Hot and Warm Springs valley, there is the
coral marble quarry In Marble valley; and
there are the iron and silver mines near
Deerfeld, and the Dora gold mines, and
many locations of iron and coal in abund.
ance; as also the great "Iron mountain"
near Covington, Va, and some Iron works
along and near the line; also 10 Touring,
woolen and other mills, factories and tan
neries, In distance OF about 30 miles.
From Covington, Va, to Knoxville, Tenn,
this contemplated railroad route runs
through over 100 miles Of immense iron
fields and inexhaustible fields Of camel and
btuminous coal, many public roads being
on beds Of coal and iron; and 1t crops out
on the side hills along the route. There are
also inexhaustible quantities OF the very
finest quality and variety Of marble, grind
stone, whetstone, milestone, and granite,
which, in many places, Is being taken out
and hauled on wagons 15 and 20 miles to
the nearest railroad stations. Fine red
hematite ore, maganese, and red oxide Of
iron, fire.proof paint, crop out In many
places along the line. have great many
fine specimen from along the contemplated
route.
BY this route the wonderful Luray Caves,
now 1913 miles from Washington, will be
- ,..tla unrr rrta ,I,ttV
miles by the present route, will be only 100
miles, and the celebrated Hot, Warm, and
Healing Springs valley, now requiring
usually two days journey, with an all
night stopover, will be about 1853 miles, or
hours from Washington, 9 from Baltl-
more, s from Philadelphia, 10 from New
York, and IA from Boston; and there could
not be a better terminus than the District
of Columbia, where there will soon be 500,-
600 people, land hundreds Of cotton and -four
ing mills and manufactures, with a chain OF
iron rolling mills, furnaces shipbuilding
yards, and all kinds Of machinery on the
Virginia side Of the Potomac, from the
dria, which will need coal, iron, and timber
so abundant along this railroad line, and
thus giving employment to 200 900 ma
chnists, mechanics, artisans, and laborers
Those who have lived at Arkansas Hot
Springs, and those who have visited other
noted hot and warm springs resorts In this
and other countries, assert that 1t can be
truthfully said that there is not In this or
in any country such q flow OF hot, warm,
and tepid waters as these hundreds Of hot,
warm sulphur and tepid or healing springs,
on this railroad route afford, and all within
few hours ride OF the great centers Of
population. One half Of a mile below the
numerous warm sulphur springs there is a
mill and machinery operated by the warm
water flow; and the same may be said Of
the hot springs and the healing springs
flow Of water which is enormous, produc-
ing creeks Of hot and warm waters stlfil-
Client to opei ate mills and machinery. This
statement is made simply to show the great
abundance of hot and warm waters that
flow from this wonderful mountain val
ley. These waters are similar and equally
good as are those Of the Arkansas Hot
Springs, and ten times greater quantity, with
much more sulphur and sulphuric acid gas.
The hot, warm and tepid waters Of this
valley are sufficient to accommodate mil
higher, dryer and more salubrious climate,
and more picturesque and beautiful noun
tains and valley scenery, with far more
pleasant surroundings and associations
than at Arkansas Hot Springs. This hot,
warm and healing springs valley is about 20
sea. One can look around at mountains
rising to an altitude Of several hundred feet
above. Nearly opposite the Warm Sulphur
Springs Hotel, Flag rock rises 1000 feet
overhead, its height being about $500 feet
above the sea level. This point is reached
by fine road, and the view from 1t amply
repays one for walk or drive to It.
From Knoxville to the Mississippi river
and on to Austin and Waco. Texas, the
route passes through many cities and vii
lagos and rich and fertile and, most Of the
way, thickly settled sections, tapping over
zoe railroad lines, making them contrib
ut In no small degree to It's business and
shortening the distance between our eastern
cities and the thickly settled portions of the
interior OF Texas about $40 miles as com
pared with the st. Louis and Iron Mountain
or the kansas-TeXas route, and nearly 16(
miles as compared with the Memphis aut
Little Rock route, these being the principal
through routes from the east to Texas
The climatic conditions are more pleasan
and agreeable and the varied scenery ant
places OF attraction are far more entertain
ing along this line than along the presen
routes Travelled, and In few years people
will wonder why the building Of this grea
central unriyaled double.track railroad wa
so long delayed.
will make 1t paying road without an,
regard to through business, which ais
must be enormous; and the line can adop
its own profitable rates uninfiuenced by an,
fear of rivalry or competition. 1t will BULL
and pay for Itself, section after section, a
u is completed; and II is safe to calculat
that even II 1t shall be constructed on Dor
rowed capital, 1t will construct and clea
itself OF all Indebtedness within twenty (20
years after 1t shall have been completed
After the grading and bridging shall hav
been done, the road can be double tracke
and equipped on It's own twenty-year 4 pc
cent, bonds, II such course shall be deeme
advisable.
THE CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, AM
CINCINNATI BRANCH.
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